These Rogue Worlds Upend the Theory of How Planets Form
Scientists have recently discovered scores of free-floating planets that defy classification—forcing them to rethink their theories of star and planet formation.
Source: wired.com
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Scientists have recently discovered scores of free-floating planets that defy classification—forcing them to rethink their theories of star and planet formation.
A new trove of free-floating planets, smaller and paired up more than expected, challenges stellar and planet formation models.
The planets are bigger than Jupiter and astronomers speculate there should be several billion more in Milky Way galaxy.
The nature of free-floating planets (FFPs) is still mysterious. FFPs might originate in two ways: they either form on their own, like stars, through